Suggested literature and web sites for discussion topics

Below is a list of Christian Apologetics which I propose we deal with in separate discussion forums. Please add other titles and web pages to the list as you discover them or have them recommended by the faithful. Then start a discussion forum for the item. Format for the discussion forum should be:Item Name followed by:1. Brief Synopsis2. Summary of main arguments3. Counter argumentsand/or links to web pages which contain these things.

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That's good Luke, I like it. I think they just like to use gravity because it is invisible like their god. They don't intend to offer any more proof of god except to say that although something is invisible, it can still be real. Obviously this doesn't go far enough.

. they are mixing faith with provable concepts. We can test gravity, we can make calculations about the effects of gravity: how to break free from it and it's effects on objects. We can calculate terminal velocities by looking at the resistance of air. We can calculate gravitational effects via tides.

. visibility is not the only test for the existence of something. We don't know that the core of the earth is liquid, except that earth quakes aren't detected through the earths core indicating that it is molten.

. these are testable phenomena whereas faith isn't a testable. It fails tests (faith healing, intercessory prayer). The untestability of faith positions is a prerequisite.

. their argument starts with a major unstated premise: "[their] God exists", and worked their way back to god. It would be better if they went where the evidence took them: Gravity exists because it is testable.

“Why don’t we trust God?” Hebrews 11:1 says, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen.” Faith comes from hope being realized in substance according to the evidence. We don’t see gravity but we experience gravity all the time. We know the truth about gravity and come to trust it even though we do not see it. It could be said that we have a relationship with gravity. Our lives are touched by gravity everyday.